The next licensed LEGO game from veteran UK developer, Traveller's Tales will be based on the massive DC Comics superhero, Batman, CVG can exclusively reveal today.

Just days prior to the release of the next entry in massively successful LEGO Star Wars series, CVG's investigative reports have learned that work has already begun on a franchise follow-up, staring the Caped Crusader in a block-busting adventure through a LEGO brick Gotham city.

No further details were offered from our sources, though we're sure that - considering how much fantastic fun the first two LEGO Star Wars games were - Batman's blocky-debut is certainly something to look forward to. While we would've probably opted for something more in the vein of LEGO Eastenders, the Dark Knight's deep universe and wide-array of characters and villains perfectly lends itself to the Lego spirit, and we're bursting to pilot a block-built Batmobile through the Gotham streets.

When we contacted Traveller's Tales the studio as expected declined to comment on LEGO Batman, although further delving led us to development director, Jonathan Smith who when asked about the game told us that considering the studio's long running partnership with LEGO, "we will definitely will be making more LEGO games in the future."

Exciting stuff indeed. We will of course shine the big, CVG spotlight skyward when more word on LEGO Batman reaches our ears.

Now this is good news. Not just because we're getting a LEGO Batman game, but because now there's no reason not to release an Adventurers game for the release of Indy IV! Yay!_________________Somebody set up us the bomb!

That being said, cool find. I just started playing on the demo for LSWII, and it's interesting. Personally, the nicest thing about this is the idea that LEGO is committed to the Batman license, even though we have very little information what's ahead for the line. Hopefully, they stay away from the movie-type games (which were just awful), and the campy TV show, and strike their own happy medium. They've done a good job with the sets, and if the game has the same fun factor as LSWII, it will boost the Batman line, and be a win-win for LEGO and DC Comics._________________Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe. - Albert Einstein

I could see how this would work. Instead of films, break it into cases (Mr Freeze, Joker, Penguin, etc). Make it a villain team up, with each case ending with a clue leading Batman and Robin to go after the next villain.

I don't think we'll see stuff for LEGO-only lines, at least nothing so big. Part of the reason LEGO Star Wars did well was that it was a humerous attempt at a major part of pop culture. A game to promote a LEGO line wouldn't have that appeal._________________FBTB Veteran. 1999-Current. Darn whippersnappers!

I don't think we'll see stuff for LEGO-only lines, at least nothing so big. Part of the reason LEGO Star Wars did well was that it was a humerous attempt at a major part of pop culture. A game to promote a LEGO line wouldn't have that appeal.

You're right that Star Wars has that crossover appeal to non-LEGO buyers, but there are plenty of 'original ' (non-licensed LEGO games out there), and Traveller's Tales were working on non-licenced LEGO stuff when they were asked to switch to Star Wars;

Before their switch to the Star Wars license, Giant were working on quite a different game.

Inspired by the idea of being able to play in a number of dissimilar, colourful and, most importantly, interactive worlds, the original story was going to take place in all of the different Lego lands (pirates, space, Camelot, etc).

As a Lego footballer, you would be able to control a football to use as a weapon, an interactive tool and a toy with which to impress the inhabitants of the worlds you visited. While not much of this old design remains in Lego Star Wars the parallels between the use of the football and the force in both games is fairly easy to make.

Perhaps these ideas will appear in Giant’s further confirmed Lego-based games.

You're right that Star Wars has that crossover appeal to non-LEGO buyers, but there are plenty of 'original ' (non-licensed LEGO games out there), and Traveller's Tales were working on non-licenced LEGO stuff when they were asked to switch to Star Wars;

I know TLG made other video games, like LEGO Island and Racers, but didn't realize anything new was on the way before LSW came out.

I figured, with all the cut backs they had to do because they were in the red so much, that they would stop making video games to focus on their "core" business, which is LEGO building bricks.

Still, when I saw that LEGO was getting Batman license, I hoped they would make a LEGO Batman game, and now it seems they are. WOO HOO!_________________LEGO Batman is AWESOME!
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I like it. Maybe there is hope for a Lego Harry Potter game. Proably not. I only have one question. If Lego figs can't talk, how are we supposed to know what the plot is? It's not like where they are following the movies so we already knew what was happening. This is NEW stuff. How would we know?

Well, that's good for the Batman fans, but I've never watched or read any of the Batman stuff, so I really don't know about it.

I would say the game will be similar in style to LEGO Star Wars (lots of easter eggs, tongue in cheek humour, cool things to build & places to explore) You wouldn't need to be a diehard Batman fan to enjoy playing the game.

Apart from one or two of the movies and the camp 60s TV series, I have very little knowledge of the Batman univers - but I'd trust Traveller's Tales to make another LEGO based game I would enjoy.

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I like it. Maybe there is hope for a Lego Harry Potter game. Proably not. I only have one question. If Lego figs can't talk, how are we supposed to know what the plot is? It's not like where they are following the movies so we already knew what was happening. This is NEW stuff. How would we know?

Just because the figs don't talk in LEGO Star Wars, doesn't mean they won't in Batman._________________

I don't know about this. Batman games have never been too good. I hope LEGO makes a LEGO Spider-Man game. That would rock!

That's not going to happen. Lego lost the Spider-man 3 license to the crappy construction company. Personally, I'm looking forward to this game because Giant and TT Games did a great job on both the Lego Star Wars games and I think the Batman sets are pretty cool.

I just stumbled across this new completely by accident. Great news for LEGO/Batman fans! I think they might need something more than just a license switch to keep these LEGO games fresh, but hopefully it'll be at least as good as the SW titles._________________Hail Brains!